Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted an avuncular tone during his lengthy press conference with 1,200 journalists, but he nevertheless took a hard line in defending his policies against a rising…
European Union emergency aid to Pakistan following the devastating floods may pale in comparison to the much larger United States effort but foreign policy experts in Islamabad should take note:…
As September gasped its last, something unprecedented happened in the French town of Meaux, located about 25km from the heart of Paris. In this town, whose previous claim to renown…
The three-in-one devolution plan under the Local Government Ordinance 2001 needs to be disassembled since it seeks to bring into its fold three unrelated issues, each of which has a…
Sardar Ataullah Mengal`s comments, after Mian Nawaz Sharif called on him, made front-page headlines unlike the almost daily reports of dumped bodies in Balochistan. The news stories of the discovery…
Is there a Saudi imperialism? No, there is not. Still, the term ‘Saudi imperialism’ is fast creeping into left-liberal narratives. Drawing our attention to ‘Saudi imperialism’, such narratives refer to…
A debt-for-environment swap involves the cancellation of external debt in exchange for local currency funding for conservation of nature and environmental protection in the borrower- country.
Imagine a society where 80 percent of all grocery sales are monopolized by just five giant retailers like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour, locally grown fresh food is largely replaced by…
Pakistan's economic team has now openly acknowledged that it has begun preliminary talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new assistance package. The IMF revealed to this paper…
The symbol of an Anglican bishop is a crook (a hooked staff); and that of an archbishop is a double cross. Coincidentally, that’s what many of the English used to…
